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Up to 23,700 households still living in blocks with Grenfell-style cladding

Up to 23,700 households across the country could be living in blocks that are still covered in Grenfell-style aluminium composite (ACM) cladding, despite nearly three years passing since the tragic fire in west London that killed 72 people.

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Up to 23,000 households still living in blocks with Grenfell-style cladding #ukhousing

A total of 84 social sector blocks and 182 private sector blocks yet to have ACM cladding fully removed #ukhousing

Latest government building safety data for March, revealed that there were still 84 social sector and 182 private sector residential blocks yet to have ACM cladding fully removed.
This equates to up to 6,500 households in the social sector and between 13,500 and 17,200 households in private sector residential blocks still waiting on remediation to be completed.
In the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower tragedy the government ordered the removal of ACM from all high-rise buildings. The cladding was found to have been the key contributor to the spread of the fire that killed 72 residents on the night 34 months ago.
Shockingly, there are still 141 blocks in the private sector that have yet to see cladding removal start, while nine in the social sector have also yet to see work start.
Of the 141 private blocks where remediation hasn’t started, a plan is in place for 99 of these blocks. Plans are being developed on 41 blocks and there is still one block where a remediation plan is unclear.


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Last month the government announced it was appointing David Hancock, construction director at the Cabinet Office, to review the progress of removing dangerous ACM cladding from buildings. It came after the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee said it was launching an inquiry into the progress of removing dangerous cladding from high-rise blocks across the country.

The latest government figures also show that of the 94 private sector buildings in scope for receiving money through the government’s £200m ACM cladding remediation fund, only two have so far have had applications for full funding of works approved.

This comes despite the fund being launched in May last year and opening for applications in September.

Currently, 16 blocks have been approved for pre-contract support, which includes money for surveys, and 16 have their applications for full cost and pre-contract support pending.

The new safety statistics come on the day that housing secretary Robert Jenrick and the mayors of London, Greater Manchester, the West Midlands, Sheffield City Region and Liverpool City Region signed a joint pledge to ensure crucial fire safety work removing dangerous materials from blocks continued despite the coronavirus lockdown.

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